You should keep in mind no names, nor numbers, nor isolated incidents, not even results, but only methods..The method produces numerous results; a fe… - Emanuel Lasker

On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culminating in the checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite.

He who wants to educate himself in Chess must evade what is dead in Chess...the habit of playing with inferior opponents; the custom of avoiding difficult tasks; the weakness of uncritically taking over variations or rules discovered by others; the vanity which is self-sufficient; the incapacity for admitting mistakes; in brief, everything that leads to standstill or to anarchy.

"Put two players against each other who both have perfect technique, who both avoid weaknesses, and what is left?—a sorry caricature of chess."<ref>{{cite book